Watch For

Number One
("Racing Mars"),
whose real name is Tessa Holloran, joined the Mars
government after Mars gained independence from Earth. She is now the
head of security for the Interstellar Alliance, replacing Garibaldi.

After Mars' independence day, corporations which had
been exploiting Mars rushed to cover their tracks. The Martian
government has been going to great lengths to track down the dirty
secrets of Earth-based corporations. Earth, meanwhile, has been
making it very difficult for the new Martian government to conduct
its business, throwing up bureaucratic roadblocks at every opportunity.

Sheridan has offered to set up a fund for Mars that's
independent of any Earth influence.

Garibaldi replaced the entire board of Edgars Industries
after they sent an assassin to kill him and Lise, and has set up an
account that will pay a 500,000-credit reward for the board's death
should anything happen to him or to Lise.

Garibaldi and Lise are now married and have left for
Mars.

Lyta and G'Kar have left the station to travel among the
stars in an explorer ship G'Kar purchased.

Sheridan noted that wars of independence are frequently
followed by civil wars. One example would be the Shadow War, which
ended up being about independence from the manipulation of the First
Ones; it was followed by civil wars on both Earth and Minbar.

When Sheridan told him about the plan to catch the
assassin, Garibaldi seemed skeptical that Zack had come up with the
idea on his own. That suggests that Garibaldi still considers Zack
somewhat green and inexperienced.

There was no mention of Lyta's departure or her
contributions to Sheridan's cause in his going-away speech. An
intentional omission to keep her out of the limelight, or is it
another example of the problem she's complained about in the past,
that nobody thinks of her or appreciates her unless they need
to make use of her?

Her belief that that's always the case is evident in her reaction to
G'Kar's offer to take her with him; she assumes he's doing it because
he wants her DNA, not because he genuinely wants her as a traveling
companion.

Normals can train themselves to defend against telepathic
scans by singing songs or doing math calculations in their heads. This
is likely a reference to Alfred Bester's "The Demolished Man," in which
the main character uses a song to avoid being scanned.

The opening credits say "Story by Harlan Ellison and
JMS" and "Teleplay by JMS." What's a teleplay?
There are two parts of writing an episode: the basic storyline,
sometimes presented as an outline, and then the actual script which is
a more specific elaboration on that story. Story is, "King John and
Queen Mary live in the castle and they have a hard night between them."

Script is:

EXT. CASTLE - NIGHT
We see the banners unfurling in the breeze, and go to
INT. CASTLE - NIGHT
KING JOHN and QUEEN MARY are in bed. He's awake, she's sleeping. He looks up
at the ceiling.
KING JOHN
Why me? Of all the gin joints and
castles in England, why did she have
to step into mine?

Who wrote the scenes concerning G'Kar's
admirer? JMS or Harlan?
The general notion of the thread came up between us. The actual scenes
were written by me.

Before Lyta left, she looked behind her.
Did she know Zach was there, or was she just hoping someone
would be there?
She was hoping somebody would be there.